SETTING THE SCENE FOR WORLD HERITAGE: A SCOTTISH OVERVIEW JENNY BRUCE

MANAGING CHANGE IN THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT

• MANAGING CHANGE is a series of non-statutory guidance notes about managing change in the historic environment explaining how to apply government policies

• The aim of the series is to identify the main issues which can arise in different situations and to advise how best to deal with these

• SETTING this note sets out the principles that apply to development affecting the setting of designated and undesignated sites, including scheduled monuments, gardens and designed landscapes and world heritage sites where a site’s cultural significance may include aspects of setting

• WORLD HERITAGE this note sets out the principles that apply to

developments affecting World Heritage Sites, and the roles and responsibilities that organisations have to care for and and protect these Sites. It should inform planning policies and help with decisions relating to planning applications affecting sites

MANAGING CHANGE IN THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT World Heritage

Key issues • The World Heritage List represents the most significant, unique or best

examples of the world’s cultural and natural heritage • All World Heritage Sites have an associated Statement of Outstanding

Universal Value (OUV), which explains the importance of the Site • Each World Heritage Site has a Management Plan, which provides a

framework for the long-term protection and sustainable management of the Sites OUV

• When changes are planned, adverse impacts should be avoided where possible and assessment should focus on the impact these changes could have on OUV

• Planning authorities should take World Heritage Sites into account when preparing Local Development Plans and making decisions on planning applications

MANAGING CHANGE IN THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT Setting

Key issues • Setting can be important to the way in which historic structures or places

are understood, appreciated and experienced • It can often be integral to a historic asset’s cultural significance • Planning authorities must take into account the setting of historic assets or

places when drawing up plans and guidance, when considering environmental and design assessments, and when making decisions on planning applications

• Setting often extends beyond the property boundary of an individual

historic asset into a broader landscape

• Both tangible and less tangible elements can be important in understanding setting

ST KILDA

ST KILDA

THE HEART OF NEOLITHIC ORKNEY

THE HEART OF NEOLITHIC ORKNEY

NEW LANARK

NEW LANARK

FRONTIERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE: THE ANTONINE WALL

FRONTIERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE: THE ANTONINE WALL

FORTH BRIDGE

FORTH BRIDGE

OLD AND NEW TOWNS OF EDINBURGH

OLD AND NEW TOWNS OF EDINBURGH

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LESSONS LEARNED: HOW SHOULD WE THINK ABOUT SETTING?